Gaming News Headlines 2007-02-23

Last Day of Work has good news for all Virtual Villagers fans: finally a long-awaited sequel to a hit game saw the light of the day. The point of Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children (that is how the sequel is called) remains intact: you are to guide life of a little tribe in order to make little people survive and thrive. Everyone eager to visit Isola Island will be challenged to teach its inhabitants survival skills and solve its 16 puzzles. Requirements: Win 98/ME/2000/XP, 800MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, DirectX 7 or higher

Legendary gem-swapping game is back: Bejeweled 2 developed by Astraware Limited is available for Pocket PC. The point of this match-3 puzzle is the same as in classical Bejeweled game: to make a line of 3 or more gems of identical color. Bejeweled 2 features all-new graphics, four challenging modes (Classic, Action, Puzzle and Endless), and a handful of power-ups. System requirements: Pocket PC 2002 or later

Positive Solutions has released a totally fresh Chicken Chase game. It is of micromanagement type: your aged relatives' farm fell into decay and your task is to save the asset. The point is to successfully run a farm: to take care of chickens, feed them, protect from ravens, collect eggs and sell poultry to earn money for farm upgrades. System requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, 500MHz or faster, Processor 64MB RAM, DirectX Version: 7.0

A mac version of classical match-3 game developed by Sugar Games. An evil spell was cast upon a magic land and Lily, a soon-to-be fairy, is to break it by solving floral puzzles. On her quest to bring life and lost happiness to bewitched world, she'll go through 70 unique levels matching flowers of identical color. The game features multiple power-ups, 14 trophies and three playing modes.

The truth is, there's more about puzzle game than just a mere match-3, jigsaw or connection puzzler, though a very few developers can see that. We are glad to begin this week with a review of a game featuring one of the most original concepts ever. Meet TangleBee - a puzzle developed by Smart Melon Games. The main point of this puzzle is to untangle the bees trapped in the spider web and to help restore their lost queens.